A coroner van loses a passenger... When a corpse on a stretcher flies out of vehicle right on to the street!

BUCKS COUNTY, Penn (WITI) --  An unexpected traffic incident -- a dead body on a gurney slipped out of the rear door of a vehicle and landed right in the road!

The Bucks County Courier Times reports that the mishap was due to a mechanical malfunction with the rear door -- the incident happened Friday, July 11th, near a shopping mall in Feasterville, Pennsylvania.

The driver of the vehicle saw a flash in the mirror and noticed the flying body right away. The Courier Times says the body was secured in minutes and did not have any damage from the accident.

The Courier Times says the incident is due to the age of the vehicle -- it has since been replaced.

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